Jerrold Abeles
Partner

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Jerrold Abeles practices in the area of complex commercial litigation, including business torts, construction, products liability and insurance matters. He represents local, national and international clients in state and federal courts, and in mediations and arbitrations.

From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Abeles served as Chair of the Editorial Board of Los Angeles Lawyer magazine. Photographs taken by Mr. Abeles have been published in USA Today.

Mr. Abeles has served as an arbitrator for the Los Angeles Superior Court for 10 years. During that time, he has handled more than 75 cases involving contract and tort claims.  Mr. Abeles also handles private arbitrations and mediations.

Los Angeles Magazine selected Mr. Abeles as a 2005 and 2006 Southern California Super Lawyer. The designation is based on a survey of 65,000 attorneys who were asked "to vote for the best lawyers they had personally observed," rather than on reputation.

Areas of Practice:
    Business Litigation
    Insurance
    Construction Litigation

Bar Admissions:
    California
    U.S. District Court for the Central,
       Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts
       of California
   Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education:
    Juris Doctorate
    University of Southern California
        Member, Computer Law Journal
        Member, Major Tax Planning Journal

    Bachelor of Arts
    University of California, Los Angeles
        Managing Editor, UCLA Daily Bruin

Affiliations:
     Los Angeles County Bar Association
       Member (1995-present), and Chair (2003-04),
          Editorial Board, Los Angeles Lawyer magazine.
       Member, (2004-present), Judicial Elections
          Evaluation Committee
        Member (2006), Editorial Committee, Los Angeles
           Lawyer Survival Guide for New Attorneys in California

Articles:
Corporate Depositions in State and Federal Court,
   Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, Attorney Survivial Guide for
   New Attorneys in California (Fall 2006)
From The Chair (Monthly Column),
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 27, No.4, (June 2004)  
From The Chair (Monthly Column),
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 27, No.2, (April 2004)  
From The Chair (Monthly Column),
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 27, No.1, (March 2004)
 From The Chair (Monthly Column),
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 26, No. 11, (February 2004)
From The Chair (Monthly Column),
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 26, No. 9, (December 2003)
 From The Chair (Monthly Column),
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 26, No. 8, (November 2003)
From The Chair (Monthly Column),
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 26, No. 6, (September 2003)
 From The Chair (Monthly Column),
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 26, No. 5, (July/August 2003)
 From The Chair (Monthly Column),
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 25, No. 6, (September 2002)
 Signed, Sealed and Delivered,
        Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
        Vol 25, No. 2, (April 2002)
  Spoil Sport, 
         Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine,
         Vol. 22, No. 3 (May 1999) 

Published Decisions:
    In the Matter of Terence Michael Coxen,
        SEC Admin. Proc., File No. 3-9218,
        Initial Decision Release No. 140.